Unit 4 Macro: Spanish unemployed head to Argentina

Catastrophically high unemployment in countries such as Spain are causing people to leave the Med in search of work elsewhere and thousands are trying their luck in South America. This short video from Al Jazeerah news looks at the growing number of people heading to Argentina looking for a job or perhaps the chance to start a new business. Watching it is a chance to revise some of the factors that affect the geographical mobility of labour? This Economist report looks at some of the causes of geographical immobility of labour.

Spain’s struggle with high unemployment

Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly thirty years. He has twenty years experience as Head of Economics and Politics at RGS Newcastle and latterly at Eton College. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.